Re: Can NT run multiple instances of Oracle7?

Robert W. Swisshelm wrote:
> > Can Windows NT run multiple instances of Oracle?
 [snip]
> Yes, it seems to be able to, but the design is not really very good.
> Oracle expects the registry to contain entries to tell it about the
> instance. So, you change the registry entry to switch instance. As you
> might expect, it is for you (and Oracle) to get confused/screwed up.

Have you tried setting the shell variable ORACLE_SID to switch between instances?

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Alan Burlison
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